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Acknowledgements

I would first like to thank all the teachers and students who I have worked with, observed, and talked with over the years. You have all challenged me to grow in some way. It would be impossible here to mention all of you or acknowledge your great ideas, insights and/or practices. It would take a whole book in itself.

I would like to thank my friends and the members of my family, especially my parents who have been exceedingly supportive. You have all been very patient with me through the five plus year process of writing this book. Bruce Brown has been a pioneer, a mentor, and a dear friend. Finally, I could not have done this without the help of Trina; my wife, best friend, and master editor. Her love, support, perspective, and encouragement have been invaluable.

Also, I have had nothing but support and encouragement from my colleagues at CSULA. Most notably, Albert Jones deserves a great deal of credit for the ideas in this book. We have spent countless hours talking about classroom management. The maturity of many of the ideas here is a direct result of his insights and wealth of knowledge. Clint Taylor has been a rock of support and an inestimable source of feedback. Kimberly Persiani-Becker provided a detailed review that significantly improved the book. I would like to also thank the administration of CSULA for the sabbatical leave to complete my work.

I would like to thank Kate Bradford at Wiley for shepherding this project through to completion. I also would like thank the peer reviewers of the first two drafts. Your insights were noted and appreciated.

I would like to recognize the contributions of the many great theorists and researchers in the field of education as well as some from outside the field. I deeply appreciate being able to draw from such a wealth of collective wisdom. This book owes a sincere debt of gratitude to the following giants: William Glasser, Carol Dweck, Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler, Jean Anyon, Alfie Kohn, Martin Covington, David and Roger Johnson, Ekhart Tolle, Rudolph Dreikurs, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Carol Evertson and Carol Weinstein. I cannot imagine where we would all be without you.